Diffusion tensor imaging correlates with lesion volume in cerebral hemisphere infarctions

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 2 DTI data

	Infarct side (right side)		Unaffected side (left side)
	Mean (SD)	Median	Mean (SD)	Median	p-value*
FA
Infarct/undamaged contralateral area	0.17 (0.09)	0.16	0.42 (0.18)	0.43	< 0.001
Internal capsule genu	0.69 (0.11)	0.70	0.72 (0.07)	0.73	0.014
Thalamus	0.33 (0.06)	0.32	0.32 (0.04)	0.32	0.381
Cerebral peduncle	0.75 (0.08)	0.75	0.79 (0.06)	0.79	0.003
Centrum semiovale	0.56 (0.09)	0.58	0.60 (0.09)	0.62	0.012
MD
Infarct/undamaged contralateral area	1.79 (0.55)	1.63	0.80 (0.14)	0.76	< 0.001
Internal capsule genu	0.72 (0.07)	0.72	0.69 (0.05)	0.70	0.021
Thalamus	0.87 (0.18)	0.82	0.77 (0.06)	0.76	< 0.001
Cerebral peduncle	0.74 (0.07)	0.74	0.70 (0.05)	0.69	0.002
Centrum semiovale	0.72 (0.05)	0.72	0.70 (0.05)	0.69	0.007

Mean values, standard deviations (SD) and medians of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (MD) (× 10^-3mm²s^-1) scores in different regions in diffusion tensor imaging analysis.
* The difference between the right and left sides, Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

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